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SUMMARY:Opening Reception and Artist Talk – Christine Meuris: Wellspring
DESCRIPTION:Using silk thread and simple motifs\, Christine Meuris has created a series of semitransparent weavings that reflect feelings of harmony\, joy\, flow\, and wholeness. In 2023\, Meuris began studying weaving as a way to deepen and ground her creative practice. Working with weaving teacher Travis Meinolf\, at the Richmond Art Center and at his eponymous weaving school in Marin County\, Meuris was influenced by Meinolf’s judgment-free and open minded approach to weaving\, a practice that can otherwise become exacting. After a period of experimentation\, Meuris settled on a simple weaving technique — using plain weave with supplemental weft to construct imagery. In her weavings\, Meuris returns to the font of her creativity\, the work that steadies her in calm or tumultuous times\, repeating simple steps to build something greater than the sum of its parts. \nBio:\nMercury 20 member Christine Meuris lives and works in Berkeley\, CA. She has shown her work in solo and group shows locally\, notably at the Berkeley Art Center\, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles\, and Mercury 20 Gallery\, and in group shows around the U.S. She was a resident artist at Kala Institute in 2023 and was the inaugural Digital Artist in Residence at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles (SJMQT) in 2020. Her work has appeared in the Surface Design Journal\, Fiber Art Now\, and the Textile Society of America News\, and is included in the collections of the City of Berkeley\, SJMQT\, Kaiser Permanente\, and Four Seasons Residences SF\, as well as several private collections. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, February 21\, 3 – 5 pm\, artist talks at 4:00 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, March 6\, 5 – 9 pm\nWeaving Demonstrations: Saturdays\, February 14\, March 7\, 14\, 21 @ 1:30 \nImage: Christine Meuris\, Upwelling I\, 2025\, commercially and naturally dyed silk\, 29 h x 24 w inches\, photo credit: Mark Serr
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-and-artist-talk-christine-meuris-wellspring/
LOCATION:Mercury 20 Gallery\, 475 25th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception and Artist Talk – Dr. KC Rosenberg: Raised by Wolves
DESCRIPTION:Dr. KC Rosenberg creates her work on the floor of her studio\, where raw canvas and paper are walked on\, soaked\, and marked through movement and touch. Her background in printmaking and textiles informs a material-driven approach that values impressions\, repetition\, and layered surfaces as records of action. Lines and bands of color function as spaces where stories can unfold. In her newest series\, Rosenberg introduces narrative fragments into these abstract forms. Images and words appear like passing thoughts or half-remembered moments—sometimes humorous\, sometimes dark—forming a personal visual vocabulary. Using collage\, she brings together abstraction\, text\, and imagery to create poetic connections rather than fixed meanings. The work invites viewers to slow down\, look closely\, and make their own associations. At its core\, Rosenberg’s practice explores how memory\, language\, and the body intersect\, transforming process itself into a form of storytelling. \nBio:\nBorn in Marin County\, California\, Dr. KC Rosenberg was raised in a bohemian household shaped by intellectual rigor and domestic improvisation; while her mother worked and studied law\, Rosenberg and her siblings were cared for by a shifting network of caretakers\, an environment whose chaos fostered early strategies of invention through imagined companions\, substitute characters\, and close observation of animal behavior. In 2021\, medical complications during the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a significant shift in her practice toward abstraction\, reducing narrative certainty and temporarily setting aside personal history\, which later returned as material rather than subject; these formative experiences now register in her work as form and emotional traces rather than representation. Rosenberg has exhibited with Patricia Sweetow Gallery\, and her work is held in the collections of the California Arts Council and the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. She holds an Ed.D. and conducts social research on collective mentorship systems among artists. \nGallery Hours: Friday and Saturday\, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)\nArtists’ Reception: Saturday\, February 21\, 3 – 5 pm\, artist talks at 4:00 pm\nOakland Art Murmur / First Friday: Friday\, March 6\, 5 – 9 pm \nImage: KC Rosenberg\, Backfloat\, 2026\, from Raised By Wolves Series\, Acrylic paint and fabric collage on wooden panel 24” x 36”
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-and-artist-talk-dr-kc-rosenberg-raised-by-wolves/
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SUMMARY:Closing Reception: Wayne Armstrong - Between Here & There
DESCRIPTION:Join Manna Gallery for a Valentine’s Day closing reception celebrating Between Here and There\, an exhibition of paintings by beloved Oakland artist Wayne Armstrong. Rooted in a lifelong fascination with the California landscape\, Armstrong’s recent works explore the space between memory and lived experience through color\, pattern\, and spatial rhythms unique to the region. Infused with warmth\, humor\, and imagination\, the paintings reflect an enduring curiosity and deep appreciation for place. As Armstrong notes\, “How lucky am I to always find something in these environments to inspire me.” Spend the afternoon surrounded by art\, community\, and a little Valentine’s Day love. \nBetween Here and There – Wayne Armstrong\nJanuary 10 – February 14\, 2026\nClosing Reception: Saturday\, February 14\, 2-4 pm\nGallery Hours: Saturdays\, 12-5 pm & First Fridays\, 5-8 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/closing-reception-wayne-armstrong-between-here-there/
LOCATION:Manna Gallery\, 473 25th St.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Stories We Tell - Opening Reception at Creative Growth
DESCRIPTION:“The Stories We Tell” features seven Creative Growth artists who translate their lived and imagined experiences into vivid visual narratives. Spanning painting\, drawing and collaborative short films\, this mixed-media presentation celebrates storytelling as a force that can spark humor and inspire new paradigms. The exhibition features artists currently practicing at Creative Growth: Kristian Cheek\, Meyshe Shapiro-Nygren\, John Martin\, William Tyler\, Larry Randolph\, and George Wilson. Together\, these artists all have a form of storytelling within their individual practices that takes the viewer into worlds both imagined and real.  \nCreative Growth is a studio and gallery where artists with developmental disabilities create work collected by leading museums and celebrated around the world. Together they constitute one of the most vital avant-gardes working today\, challenging dominant narratives of authorship\, aesthetics\, and artistic agency. Their influence now extends across international biennials\, galleries\, and cultural institutions\, redefining the future of contemporary art. \nOpening Reception: Friday\, February 13th\, 6-8 PM\nExhibition Dates: February 13 – April 25\, 2026 \n(Featured Artwork by John Martin)
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/the-stories-we-tell-opening-reception-at-creative-growth/
LOCATION:Creative Growth Art Center\, 355 24th Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Artists of the African Diapora - Studios11
DESCRIPTION:IN CONNECTION WITH ARTISTS @ THE GRAND GALLERY\nSTUDIOS\nARTISTS: HELEN CLARK\, JBCA\, KEANA DOLLAR-DICKERSON\, ERIC MURPHY\, PAT PATTERSON\, XIONEIDA RUIZ \nOPENING RECEPTION | SATURDAY\, FEBRUARY 7TH | 2-5PM\n560 2ND ST.| OAKLAND\, CA. 94607 | https://www.studios11oakland.com
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/artists-of-the-african-diapora-studios11/
LOCATION:Studios 11\, 560 2nd St Oakland\, California\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Artists of the African Diaspora - Grand Gallery
DESCRIPTION:IN CONNECTION WITH ARTISTS @ STUDIOS 11\nARTISTS: CYNTHIA BRANNVALL\, ORA CLAY\, JOANNE JOHNSON PARADISE\, LOUISE SCHIN\, YOLANDA PATTON \nOPENING RECEPTION | SATURDAY\, FEBRUARY 7TH | 2-5PM\n560 2ND ST. | OAKLAND\, CA. 94607 | https://thegrandgalleryoakland.com
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/artists-of-the-african-diaspora-grand-gallery/
LOCATION:The Grand Gallery\, 560 2nd Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: California Unseen\, Along the Hills of the Central Valley
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an opening reception for California Unseen; Along the Hills of the Central Valley with refreshments and music by DJ Pedal. \nThe California Central Valley is a place of beauty and complexity\, a land of contrast undergoing rapid changes: a housing frenzy\, a cycle of droughts and floods\, vibrant yet struggling migrant communities\, and immense fields\, all surrounded by stunning\, natural beauty. This exhibition follows six photographers working in film and one ceramic artist as they explore and interpret this region.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-california-unseen-along-the-hills-of-the-central-valley/
LOCATION:Oakland Photo Workshop\, 312 8th St\, Oakland\, CA\, 94607\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Fourwalls – new works by Mike Texada at mighty mighty studio
DESCRIPTION:Opening February 6th 5:00 – 8:00 pm at Mighty Mighty studio \nMike Texada – Foruwalls \nFour Walls invites the audience into the foundational practices of MATTE Universe worldbuilding. This exhibition dives into the origins of reoccurring themes in the artist’s work such as Camoism and the Gatekeepers. Artistically\, Four Walls showcases the creative pillars of Texada’s practice using multiple mediums and techniques such as digital illustration\, mixed media oil paintings\, Hand-painted 3D collectibles\, and creative writing to emphasize his ever-expanding vision. \n​ \nBIO: \nMike Texada is a self-taught mixed media artist working in an abstract style he calls Camoism\, a visual language rooted in the interconnectedness of all things. Through colorful\, camouflage-like sequences\, his work explores themes of history\, philosophy\, worldbuilding\, and identity\, inviting viewers to consider how meaning emerges through connection.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/fourwalls-new-works-by-mike-texada-at-mighty-mighty-studio/
LOCATION:Mighty Mighty Studio\, 480 23rd Street\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Walk,Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Three Girls – Christine Ferrouge
DESCRIPTION:Three Girls\, a solo exhibition with new paintings by Christine Ferrouge \nGallery Hours: Thursdays\, Fridays\, and Saturdays noon-5pm; and by appointment\nExhibition Dates: January 22\, 2026 – February 28\, 2026\nClosing Reception: Saturday\, February 28\, 2026\, 3-5pm \nCalifornia painter\, Christine Ferrouge makes paintings about the social and intrapersonal complexity of girlhood. Inside these paintings\, her daughters and their friends have been growing up before our eyes. Now the girls are older. They are not little girls. They are teenagers. Ferrouge’s teens are not exactly what you might expect. They are not the weak\, crazy\, second class we often negatively associate with “teens”. They have the strength\, dignity\, and psychological presence that she has always shown us in her paintings of girls. They are still the “women-to-be” that you could always see simmering below the surface of these determined and confident characters. \nThese works are a mother’s view of her teens: their lounging around\, napping frequently\, and the quiet social understanding between the them. You can feel the unique and tight knit bond-especially connecting the girls- and the looks they give you when you catch them in that sacred space. “When you enter the gallery and stand in front of one of these scenes\, you are present in their space\, but you are not part of their circle.” –Ferrouge\nThis is a well established thread in Ferrouge’s work. After the Costume Party (2019)\, Desert Picnic (2020)\, After the Fires (2021)\, Watching/Waiting (2023)\, and Girls in the Mirror (2024) all give the viewer the feeling that you are in their space. The artist first observed exclusivity and girl power in her daughters and their little friends when they were just 5 and 6 years old\, which inspired The Huddle (Ferrouge\, 2016). To Ferrouge’s surprise\, many young men found that painting scary. \n“[Ferrouge] portrays complex humans\, not cute\, one-dimensional beings; her paintings are seriously insightful images…”\nBetty Ann Brown\, PhD \n“…painter Christine Ferrouge\, whose ongoing portraiture practice engages a particular thread of art history in which women paint women\, girls\, and girls on the cusp of womanhood—celebrating their insider’s perspective on subject’s inner lives\, and their outsider’s perspective on the culture that surrounds them.”\n–Shana Nys Dambrot\, Art Critic\nLos Angeles\, 2024 \nIn contrast to the seven feet high oil paintings that dominate the room\, Ferrouge also has small works that capture the gestural\, figurative narratives on an intimate scale. Since beginning to paint and exhibit some small paintings last year\, they have become popular and easy to collect.\nPlease visit the gallery to experience this work in person: \nGearBox Gallery\n770 West Grand Ave.\nOakland\, CA 94612\n510-290-9660\ninfo@gearboxgallery.com\ngearboxgallery.com\nThursdays\, Fridays\, and Saturdays noon-5pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/three-girls/
LOCATION:Gearbox Gallery\, 770 West Grand Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: Wayne Armstrong - Between Here and There
DESCRIPTION:Meet Oakland-based artist Wayne Armstrong at the opening reception of Between Here and There at Manna Gallery. Join us to celebrate this vibrant new body of work inspired by California landscapes\, memory\, and imagination. \nWayne Armstrong was born in Fresno\, California\, and studied art education at Fresno State University. He taught art for more than three decades\, first at a residential treatment center for autistic and emotionally disturbed children and later as a high school art teacher in the Hayward Unified School District\, while continuing his own studies at Laney and Merritt Colleges\, UC Berkeley\, and the San Francisco Art Academy. Since retiring from teaching\, Armstrong has remained deeply engaged in his studio practice and maintains a studio in Oakland. His work has been exhibited widely throughout California and the Pacific Northwest\, including at the Fresno Museum of Art\, Fresno State University Art Gallery\, The Sun Gallery in Hayward\, and Manna Gallery in Oakland\, where he has had multiple solo and two-person exhibitions. \nJanuary 10 – February 14\, 2026\nArtist Reception: Saturday\, January 17\, 2-4 pm\nGallery Hours: Saturdays\, 12-5 pm & First Friday\, February 6\, 5-8 pm
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/opening-reception-wayne-armstrong-between-here-and-there/
LOCATION:Manna Gallery\, 473 25th St.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
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SUMMARY:Sin Contar Cincuenta: Miguel Arzabe Solo Show
DESCRIPTION:Johansson Projects is pleased to announce Sin Contar Cincuenta\, the third solo exhibition by Oakland-based artist Miguel Arzabe with the gallery. Arriving at a moment of heightened social and cultural reckoning\, the exhibition features a dynamic body of new weavings that reflect not only a rich “pluriverse” of influences–interpolated ways of being and expression that span the artist’s personal life\, Bolivian heritage\, and art historical precedent–but also the urgent need to honor and defend cultural plurality in today’s world. \nSin Contar Cincuenta runs from January 17 – March 21\, 2026 with an opening reception and artist talk on January 17\, from 3-5pm.\nFor all inquiries\, contact Johansson Projects at 510-444-9140  or info@johanssonprojects.com
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/sin-contar-cincuenta-miguel-arzabe-solo-show/
LOCATION:Johansson Projects\, 2300 Telegraph Ave\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artists Talk,Ongoing Exhibitions,Opening Reception
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SUMMARY:Vessel - Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to attend the Opening Reception\, Saturday\, January 17th from 1-4 pm. Greet the artists\, enjoy the light refreshments and lively conversation. Free street parking in the nearby neighborhood. \nTransmission Gallery is pleased to present Vessel: An exploration in clay of form\, ritual and story\, curated by Suzanne M. Long\, on view from January 15 – February 28\, 2026. \nDrawing on her deep roots in the Bay Area ceramics community\, Suzanne M. Long brings together a diverse range of ceramic works that interpret the concept of the “vessel” in expansive and unexpected ways—beyond function\, into the realms of ritual\, narrative\, and abstract form. Included in the exhibition are works by James Aarons\, Susana Arias\, Michelle Gregor\, Margaret Keelan\, Mattie Leeds\, Peggy Loudon\, Kris Marubayashi\, Lisa Reinertson\, Claudia Tarantino\, and Laura Van Duren. Through this collection\, viewers are invited to consider how vessels can carry not only physical contents\, but also cultural meaning\, memory\, and personal expression. \nVessel noun.\n1a: A craft for traveling on water\, a watercraft bigger than a rowboat; a ship or boat. An airship.\nb: A hollow or concave utensil\, a container (such as a cask\, bottle\, kettle\, cup\, or bowl) for holding something. A cup\, bowl\, pitcher\, or vase\, used for holding liquids or other contents.\nc: A human that serves as a receptacle for a spiritual entity to manifest\, acting as a spokesperson for that deity. A person into whom some quality (such as grace) is infused.\nd: A vessel is a hollow tube or canal that circulates body fluids\, most commonly referring to blood vessels (arteries\, veins\, and capillaries) that transport blood\, oxygen\, and nutrients throughout the body and remove waste. The term can also refer to other tubular structures that transport fluids\, such as the xylem vessels in plants that carry water. \nVessel as Metaphor.\nThe essential vessel\, devised in all cultures to antiquity\, is the metaphorical container of all that has been and will be. For early cultures the sky was vessel\, containing creation spirits and the departed; earth was mother vessel nestling\, chiding and providing.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/vessel-opening-reception/
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SUMMARY:House / Hold
DESCRIPTION:GearBox Gallery\nHouse / Hold\nFeaturing artists: Laura Van Duren and Mittie Cuetara\nDates: December 11\, 2025- January 17\, 2026\nReception: Saturday\, December 13\, 1-4 pm\nArtist’ Talk: Saturday\, January 10\, 2pm \nGearBox Gallery is pleased to present House/Hold\, featuring GearBox Gallery artist\nMittie Cuetara and guest artist Laura Van Duren.\nLaura Van Duren and Mittie Cuetara share a sensitivity to how architecture informs our human experience. Laura’s sculptures work through the physicality of form—playful\, visceral structures that illuminate the body’s influence on the mind\, embracing a deeply corporeal sensibility. Mittie’s paintings\, by contrast\, explore psychological space through slightly abstracted interior scenes\, where domestic tension gathers in shadows\,\nthresholds\, and doorways. While Laura builds outward from the tangible presence of\nbodies\, Mittie draws viewers inward to the charged quiet of domestic environments.\nCuetara’s work begins inside- slightly skewed dreamlike interiors act as metaphors for the body\, exploring the tension\, comfort\, resistance\, and pull of her shifting relationship to domesticity.\nCuetara is drawn to the friction between independence and belonging\, ambition and\nhome. The house becomes a shell and an identity—a container for contradictory desires.\nThe interiors she paints aren’t pristine; their meaning comes from their histories. Rooms bear the imprint of lives lived\, and doorways recur as thresholds of change\, marking our hesitation before the unfamiliar.\nHouse/Hold reflects this pause—the moment before transformation. Through these\nspaces\, she explores the house as an extension of the self: a site of memory\, conflict\,\nvulnerability\, and possibility.\nIn House/Hold\, Van Duren navigates the complexities of support systems—those that\ncan feel uprooted and unsteady\, even as they are built back up through collective\npersistence. Through chairs and sculptural forms\, the work examines the interwoven\nissues of housing instability\, community support\, and resilience amid our shifting political reality.\nSwollen ceramic pieces stride forward\, precariously balanced on wheels\, nozzles\, and cobbled-together chairs\, illustrating a narrative of collective effort and adaptive repair.\nThis pieced-together community becomes both vulnerable and resilient\, emphasizing\nthat real stability and shelter are created not alone\, but through interconnected acts of\ncare\, ingenuity\, and shared endurance. The installation considers how support is\nmade—and remade—together.\nAbout the Artists:\nMittie Cuetara grew up in Cambridge\, Massachusetts. As the daughter of an architect\, she’s always been drawn to the particular interiors and strange paths that humans create for themselves. Graduating from the Boston Museum school\, she moved to the Bay Area\, where she wrote and illustrated several children’s books\, then spent several years teaching art. Since receiving her MFA in 2022 from Mills college\, she has been showing her acrylic paintings and sculptural work at shows around the Bay Area. She joined Gearbox Gallery in 2024.\nLaura Van Duren is an interdisciplinary artist based in Oakland\, California\, recognized for her innovative approach to ceramics\, and mixed-media sculpture. Her practice often\nmerges drawing\, ceramics\, glycerin soap\, and recycled materials\, reflecting a\ncommitment to experimentation and abstraction. She works with the Peter Voulkos\nfamily helping to manage the archival aspect of his collection which has had a profound influence on her creative process.\nVan Duren’s work has been exhibited at major institutions across the San Francisco Bay Area\, including the Crocker Museum (as part of the feminist exhibition Making Moves)\, Sonoma Museum of Art\, Southern Exposure\, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art\, and Berkeley Art Center. She is dedicated to arts education\, teaching ceramics and sculpture as an adjunct professor at several community colleges. Her achievements in the field include residencies\, such as the Open Studio residency at Haystack in Maine (2023) and a 2025 residency at Dream Farm Commons Gallery in Oakland. Notably\, her work has been acquired by The Crocker Art Museum.\nVan Duren holds a BFA in drawing from Carnegie Mellon University and she completed her MFA in sculpture at San Francisco State University in 2017.\nGearBox Gallery’s Opening Reception for Mittie Cuetara and Laura Van Duren’s\nHouse/Hold will be Saturday\, December 13th\, 1-4pm All are welcome.\nAbout Gearbox Gallery:\nGearBox Gallery is an artist-run contemporary art gallery dedicated to showcasing the work of its members and a broad range of regional contemporary guest artists\, fostering community and education through intellectual and cultural exchange focused on the visual arts. We are located at 770 West Grand Avenue in Oakland\, California.
URL:https://oaklandartmurmur.org/event/house-hold/
LOCATION:Gearbox Gallery\, 770 West Grand Avenue\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artists Talk,Opening Reception
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